The teacup missed Zhao Ning, and Xia Zhaoyi pulled her away first.
The tea cup hit the edge of the window with a "bang" sound and fell to the ground before breaking into pieces.
The thugs in front of Zhao Ning remained indifferent and did not move.
"You have to mind your own business, don't you?" Zhao Hui looked at Xia Zhaoyi.
At the same time, Zhao Ning finally looked at his subordinates, "Lu Xiong."
One of the subordinates turned around and said respectfully, "Madam."
"Go downstairs and bring three boxes of porcelain," Zhao Ning said, "smash them back for me."
Zhao Hui's expression changed slightly, and then she sneered, "You took away my family property, and you dare to attack me?!"
Zhao Ning said to Xia Zhaoyi without looking at her, "Ah Li, let's go."
Zhao Hui was not easily frightened. When she was in Huzhou, several tenants came to the door with hoes and axes, but she was not afraid. Seeing that Zhao Ning was really about to leave, Zhao Hui shouted to the people behind him, "Block the door for me."
Come on! I’m going to kidnap this old witch back to Huzhou today!”
The big men who came with her immediately rushed up.
One of Zhao Ning's men shouted out the window, "Come up here!"
Zhi Changle picked up a crescent stool nearby and defended himself first, protecting Xia Zhaoyi and Zhao Ning. At the same time, he shouted "Old Tong!"
As he finished speaking, a square wooden block suddenly passed by him, passing over the chaotic crowd. During the flying process, the wooden block unfolded and turned into a long log. The speed was very fast. The target he was attacking was sitting next to Cai Pengyi.
man.
Such a fast and unforeseen attack was avoided by the man.
Although he avoided it, it was not easy. Cai Pengyi beside him was almost knocked to the ground by him.
Zhao Hui and Zhao Yan immediately looked towards him, and those who were about to take action also stopped and turned around.
The wooden block hit the pillar behind the man. It was an ordinary long piece of wood, but unusual. The mortise and tenon joints at the connection were very fine.
The man raised his head and looked towards the owner of the block.
When he met the girl's too calm eyes, he frowned.
As soon as Cai Pengyi stabilized his body, he immediately stretched out his hand to help the man, which made Xia Zhaoyi more and more sure that this man was the leader of their group.
"Is this excitement good to watch?" Xia Zhaoyi asked, "Should you tell them to stop?"
Zhao Hui glanced at the man and shouted to Xia Zhaoyi, "What are you talking about, you little bitch!"
"Who are you calling, you little bitch!" Zhi Changle immediately became furious, "I'll kill you!"
The man didn't say anything, but he didn't panic. He looked at Xia Zhaoyi's eyes with interest.
There were sounds of people going upstairs outside the door, the footsteps were chaotic, and there were a lot of people coming.
Xia Zhaoyi held Zhao Ning's hand and said, "Let's go first."
Zhao Hui was about to have another attack, but she heard the man shout, "Miss Ah Li!"
But what responded to him was another piece of wood that the girl never looked back on.
This time it was much easier for him to avoid it.
When he spoke out, the situation seemed to fall into a brief stagnation, so Xia Zhaoyi led Zhao Ning to the door. Zhao Hui's men who were blocking the door did not dare to stop him for a while.
Zhi Changle was not polite and pointed at them with the crescent stool in his hand, "Get out of my way!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the door was kicked open from the outside, and Lao Tong broke in, holding the broom he had picked up when he passed upstairs.
Seeing the tense situation in the house, Lao Tong hurriedly asked, "Ali, are you okay?"
"It's okay." Xia Zhaoyi said, leading Zhao Ning across the threshold.
Zhi Changle followed him out, paused, took a step back, and looked at Zhao Hui, "I'll wait for you."
"What's going on?" Lao Tong asked in a low voice.
"She pointed at Ah Li's nose and called her a bitch." Zhi Changle replied quickly, also in a low voice.
Old Tong was also angry. He looked at Zhao Hui, but said nothing. He stretched out his finger, nodded fiercely, and turned around to leave.
Zhao Hui was not frightened, but her face was dull. She glanced at her husband, then looked at the man, and said very softly, "General Nie..."
The man said nothing, still looking at the door.
As Zhao Ning and the others left, the thugs swarmed in, all carrying knives and sticks. One of the thugs hit the table not far from the door with a stick, making a very loud and powerful sound.
Zhao Yan and Sizhu stood behind the crowd.
Their faces are very pale.
Sizhu supported Zhao Yan, her fingers clenching the handkerchief trembling uncontrollably.
"Miss……"
Zhao Yan in turn reassured her, "It's okay."
Having said that, Zhao Yan was also frightened.
However, the two sides did not actually take action in the end, because Zhao Ning suddenly sent Manager Chu up and called all the thugs away.
There was silence upstairs for a long time before the sound of footsteps coming downstairs was heard. The leader was the young man whom Zhao Hui called General Nie.
Zhao Hui followed Cai Pengyi. When she went downstairs, she looked back at the courtyard at the back, but did not see Zhao Ning.
The thugs were all gathered in the front lobby, with the guys still in their hands, just staring at them and watching them leave the shop.
"Let's go, let's go." Shopkeeper Cheng immediately went to report to Zhao Ning.
Zhao Ning sat next to the table, nodded, and looked at Xia Zhaoyi opposite.
Xia Zhaoyi was drawing a map, which was a map of the capital city. The drawing was not detailed, but the length and width of the vertical and horizontal streets were all in accordance with the actual proportions.
At the same time, she marked the names of several key inns or tea houses while drawing so that they could understand it better.
"Ah Li, why don't you do something?" Zhi Changle asked impatiently.
"That man has extraordinary skills. Although Zhao Ning has a lot of people, he will definitely cause a lot of casualties if he takes action." Xia Zhaoyi did not raise his head, nor did he stop the pen in his hand. He almost did not think or pause, and finished in one go.
"Is he really very skilled?" Zhao Ning asked.
"Um."
Zhao Ning nodded and said, "There is really no need to injure people or even lose their lives just for the sake of a temporary dispute."
"They seem to have been scolding you for several days," Lao Tong couldn't help but said, "Mrs. Zhao, are you just going to let them scold you?"
"It's easy to say whether you want to take action or not," Zhao Ning said, "I'm not afraid of taking action. Of course, it's better to stop the war if it can stop it."
Xia Zhaoyi quickly finished the drawing and put down the pen.
At the same time, Manager Chu also came in from the outside and whispered into Zhao Ning's ear, "My boss, everything is almost ready."
What he meant by preparation was that they could leave the capital.
As early as when the capital was in chaos, Zhao Ning had given instructions, asking Manager Chu to prepare for war, keep important things, and be able to leave at any time. Even if he woke up at midnight and suddenly didn't want to stay in the capital, he could leave at any time.
, no worries.
"I'm leaving first," Xia Zhaoyi said, "Be careful along the way."
"Okay," Zhao Ning replied, "Be careful too."
Seeing Xia Zhaoyi leaving with Lao Tong and Zhi Changle, Manager Chu frowned and couldn't help but said, "My boss, everything seems to be in peace so far. Will such a big movement alert others?"
Zhao Ning looked at the paper on the table where the ink stains had not yet dried, and said calmly, "The hungry snake is hiding in the grass. If you don't fight it, won't it come out to hunt?"
